Photo by Sgt. Wes Parrell | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 10.19.2016
State and Federal civic leaders tour the Army National Guard Western Army Aviation Training Site during the WAATS 30th anniversary Oct. 19. Established in 1986, the Army National Guard Western Army Aviation Training Site, or WAATS, is one of only four Army National Guard aviation-training sites in the nation. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Wesley Parrell)...
Photo by Sgt. Wes Parrell | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 10.19.2016
Service members from the Army National Guard Western Army Aviation Training Site move a UH-72A Lakota off the Silverbell Army Heliport flight line. The WAATS encompass a 725-acre footprint of the heliport, complete with state-of-the-art simulators and training facilities, and operates a 300-acre off site training location, consisting of four 1,500-foot lanes, an air traffic control station,......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Monette Wike | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 06.06.2016
Soldiers attending a LUH-72 Lakota maintainer’s course, at the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Marana, Ariz., get their first look at the Virtual Maintenance Trainer, June 6. The 12-workstations VMT provides students with the ability to familiarize and practice maintenance tasks prior to ever opening a door or hatch on the physical aircraft. (U.S. Army National Guard......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Monette Wike | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 06.06.2016
Soldiers attending a LUH-72 Lakota maintainer’s course, at the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Marana, Ariz., get their first look at the Virtual Maintenance Trainer, June 6. The 12-workstations VMT provides students with the ability to familiarize and practice maintenance tasks prior to ever opening a door or hatch on the physical aircraft. (U.S. Army National Guard......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Monette Wike | Arizona National Guard Public Affairs | 06.06.2016
Arizona Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Powers visits the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Marana, Ariz. to get a first-hand look at the LUH-72 Virtual Maintenance Trainer, June 6. The 12-workstation VMT is the first-of-its-kind and provides students with the ability to familiarize and practice maintenance tasks prior to ever opening a door or hatch on the......
